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The institutionalization of symbolic interactionism in Canadian sociology, 1992-1979: success at what cost?

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dc.contributor.authorHelmes-Hayes, Richard
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-12
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-28T00:37:37Z
dc.date.available2022-05-28T00:37:37Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis essay examines the growth of symbolic interactionism (SI) as a specialization in English-language Canadian sociology, 1922–1979. We do not focus on theoretical and/or methodological developments. Rather, we document three empirical indicators of the institutionalization of SI: faculty members hired, research published, and SI-receptive programs established. We find that Canadian sociologists institutionalized SI in two phases. From 1922 to 1959, SI institutionalized slowly. There were few SI “core” faculty and scarcely more “SI-accommodative” faculty. Little SI-based literature was published. McGill had Canada’s only SI-friendly program. After 1960, SI grew rapidly and, by 1979, was well institutionalized: over ninety SI and SI-accommodative faculty had been hired, SI literature (journal articles, textbooks) was commonplace. Many sociology departments offered an SI-accommodative program. Sometime in the 1980s, classical SI began to “de-institutionalize.” Ironically, as SI’s footprint grew and influence spread, it appeared to become less discernable, less coherent and less viable as a distinct and unified approach.
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dc.identifier.citationHelmes-Hayes, Richard and Emily Milne. 2017. “The Institutionalization of Symbolic Interactionism in Canadian Sociology, 1992-1979: Success at What Cost?” Canadian Journal of Sociology 42(2):145-196.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/914
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjecthistory of Canadian sociology
dc.subjectsymbolic interactionism
dc.subjectinstitutionalization
dc.subjectChicago School
dc.titleThe institutionalization of symbolic interactionism in Canadian sociology, 1992-1979: success at what cost?en
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